Share Your Miscellaneous and/or Failed Works.

SeaRex · #1 03-21-2004, 03:32 PM

(Mods... sticky?)

Anyway, this is a topic where you can post stand-alone projects too random to fit into any of your threads, failed projects, or works in progress. Don't feel confined to drawings either; it would be great to see a little randomness in the form of photography, 3-D art, poetry, prose, etc.

Please share your own triumphs and tragedies!

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This pic started off with a great idea and ended in disaster. The brush-head pen I was using started running dry halfway through the drawing, making the dark spaces look "splotchy" and generally... bad. I tried touching it up in Photoshop and ended up with jagged lines and messy blurs. Phht... it was only the 5.0 version. This was intended to be Chicago (a chain-smoking, fad-loving, "alternative" lifestyle-living bitch) looking all devious with some crap in the background. Her trench coat turned out shite. You get extra points if you can decipher the message on her armband.

"Children In Heat" lyrics copyright Glenn Danzig

EDIT: Damn you, Internet Explorer. Your poor image translation makes my drawing even worse!

oddguy · #2 03-21-2004, 05:18 PM

What're you complaining about? That looks great!
I do think us ourselves become our toughest critics. I'm really hard on myself when it comes to drawing.

-oddguy

Mac the Janitor · #3 03-21-2004, 05:47 PM

SeaRex, that is awesome. I think the smudgy thing just makes it even better.

Anyways, here's a scan of a thing I did for English for a poem I did about insanity. Ignore the crap poem in the middle.

Also ignore the fact that those are the Aquabats.

GrigtheSlig · #4 03-21-2004, 06:10 PM

I like the poem!

:

Insanity looks like an eerily lit Carnival with all sorts of un***givably groutesque creatures.
Insanity smells like the Burning, charred, rotting flesh of thousands of innocent souls.
Insanity sounds like vultures screeching in your ears.
Insanity tases like ******** blood.
Insanity feels like trying to breathe underwater.
Insanity is white, the color of nothingness.
Insanity lives on the M***** of others.
Insanity is that little voice inside your head theat tells you to do the unimaginable.
Insanity is life.

Fill in the blanks! I can't read the parts with *** in it.

oddguy · #5 03-21-2004, 06:21 PM

What part of 'ignore' did you not understand?!

VaniLLaKiLLah · #6 03-21-2004, 07:29 PM

I think, i'll like this thread.

@SeaRex: hey i think your artwork shouldn't be posted here...

@Mac: nice poem.

.:VaniLLaKiLLah:.

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Pic1: That's my brothers character "Rochet". (That name has style). When i coloured it, i thought it is good. But my bro said it looks like trash. I got pissed of and started hating this piccie.

Pic2:
Yameela. My character. I hate this one. i really hate it. Especially her lips, arms, legs, her clothes and her "pistol". I tried to make her look dangerous. Nice idea.

SeaRex · #7 03-22-2004, 04:08 AM

Mac, lovin' the bacground. Neat colors an' shtuff. The Aquabats do have a crazy air of craziness about them... and they're all staring at me. I can feel the grubby little eyes groping my mind... Mmm... brains. Delicious brains.

Vanillah, your brother is fru-fru stupid. The pic has the cuteness.

Keep stuff coming, peeps!

Mac the Janitor · #8 03-22-2004, 04:10 AM

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I like the poem!

Fill in the blanks! I can't read the parts with *** in it.

unimaginably; crimson; minds.

SeaRex · #9 04-09-2004, 12:33 PM

I did this little doodle while our class was watching the Rice Testimony. The whole thing got me thinking about what I would do if I were to be drafted... which is a very real issue if Bush gets reelected.

It's Ci-Ci in an army outfit. My scanner practically MAULED this sketch. Damn you, cheap scanner!

TheRaisin · #10 04-14-2004, 04:23 PM

Very cool, all of them. Mac, is that really what the Aquabats look like? I've never seen 'em live. I didn't really think they'd look like... that, but their songs are cool. And funny. Pizza Day and Midget Pirates-- so funny.
VanillaKillah, that's some sweet artwork. I especially like the one on the right, the pencil one. The fox (literally) on the left looks like she's in a weird position. And the clothing on both of them is... how shall I put it?... interesting, to say the least.
SeaRex, mighty fine drawing. The combination of uber-cute and ragged always makes for some pretty interesting and hilarious results. Looks good, despite your alleged cheap scanner (which I don't entirely believe, it doesn't look wrong in any way). I must ask you something, though... what the HELL is a Ci-Ci?

EDIT: Now I remember! Geez, that was way back when. Whatever happened to the comic you were going to do? And why is this drawing here? You should be posting it on your old art thread! C'mon, I needz more of those drawings! I printed off Patches and Cicada and the guy with one eye (I forget his name) plus that one with the whole group 'cause I loved 'em so much!
EDIT 2: Sorry, meant to ask: would it be okay with you if I printed this one off? I like it! It would be purely for my own enjoyment, of course.

Mac the Janitor · #11 04-14-2004, 07:19 PM

Yup, that's what they really look like.

They're superheroes, you know.

I have one of the masks they wear, and also the power belt. I'm working on getting an anti-negativity helmet.

BEST LIVE BAND EVER.

actually...

BEST BAND EVER.

ClaireBear · #12 04-15-2004, 12:12 AM

Who be the "Aquabats"?

British or American?

Again... crap! I know!

Mac the Janitor · #13 04-15-2004, 04:11 AM

Americans.

From Orange County, California.

Fairly small though.

Hardly anyone knows who they are.

SeaRex · #14 04-15-2004, 10:11 AM

*proudly raises hand* Oooh! Oooh! Me loves the Aquabats! Can't beat 'em. Completely original stuff... gotta love "Chemical Bomb."

TheRaisin, the comic thing is still happening. I'm working on a 7-page strip right now between character sketches and such. It's sucking. Hard. I probably won't be done for a while.

I'm fine with you printing off my stuff, btw.

Adder · #15 04-15-2004, 12:11 PM

I'm planing to expand on this.
Basicaly we asked the question: "What if our english teacher was cruel?"
We came up with this:

(The day before)
MR H: Anyone late for the bus won't be going on the trip

(T minus one minute)
MR H: "Okay, the bus is leaving in... 45 SECONDS, class!
A-HA-HA-HA"
*drops smoke bomb and disappears*

Student1: "Oh no... WHERE'S THE BUS?!"
Student2: "If we listen we should hear the engine start"
*silence*
*distant revving*

Student1: "IT'S OVER THERE! RUN!"

TheRaisin · #16 04-15-2004, 12:36 PM

Heh heh heh. Sounds just like my teachers.
SeaRex, I seriously doubt you could make it suck even if you wanted to. Your art is shibby. I'm using that word too much... What I mean to say is, your art is DYNO-MITE!!! Yeah. Haven't used that one in a while. Ah yes, and thank you much for letting me print that drawing. Too bad my printer is broken. Curse you, cru-el irony!

Mac the Janitor · #17 04-15-2004, 01:00 PM

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*proudly raises hand* Oooh! Oooh! Me loves the Aquabats! Can't beat 'em. Completely original stuff... gotta love "Chemical Bomb."

I officially love you now.

I am seriously obsessed with the Aquabats. Ask me anything about them, I'll answer it. Ask me to recite the lyrics to any of their songs, I'll do it.

And I'll do it with a smile, dammit.

TheRaisin · #18 04-15-2004, 02:04 PM

Recite the ending monologue on Pizza Day, the first verse of Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates, and tell me what the Midget Pirates were planning to pillage and the names of the band members.

Abe's son · #19 04-15-2004, 03:08 PM

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Recite the ending monologue on Pizza Day, the first verse of Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates, and tell me what the Midget Pirates were planning to pillage and the names of the band members.

........What the **** are you on?

Mac the Janitor · #20 04-15-2004, 06:37 PM

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1)Recite the ending monologue on Pizza Day, 2)the first verse of Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates, and 3)tell me what the Midget Pirates were planning to pillage and the 4)names of the band members.

1) "Best day of the week! Says Michael Jackson of Encino (sp?), California. When he's not at his little theme park, he's eatin' pizza with the kids! Oh boy, Moonwalker's back...have a slice buddy! Take off your glove first...you'll enjoy it more. Whoa! Emphatigro! Wow."

2)Young Jim as a lad, he looked for adventure
Calamity, danger, whatever was free
So when he turned 10, he packed his belongings
and he left home to find his destiny

Jim just a boy, whose head full of legends
of dungeons and dragons and pirates and stuff
so, that summer he snuck on a scooner
to harpoon tuna and get real buff

(I think that's the 2nd verse too, but oh well

)

3) The pillagers.

4) Current Lineup: The MC Bat Commander, Crash Mclarson, Prince Adam, Chainsaw, Ricky Fitness, Jaime the Robot
Past Members: Baron Von Tito (now the drummer for Blink182), Nacho, Wolfman Nick, Catboy, Dr. Rock, Ben the Brain, Mysterious Kyu

And that's just from memory

TheRaisin · #21 04-16-2004, 04:47 PM

One point I'd like to... point out. The one thing you got wrong was that the Midget Pirates were going to the Sandwich Isles, to pillage the giant Ham Farm. But I'll give you that one. And extra points for awesomeness, and for knowing so damn much about the band. Yes, that is how Encino is spelled.

"Well I remember my first day of junior high,
I had hairspray in my hair and my pants were way too tight.
And all the breakers and new-wavers and the rockers and the preps
would all be in their places on the front lawn or the steps.
I hung out with some punker kids who used to make me laugh,
got thrown in the dumpster by some rich kids near the caff.
Now as time went on, we had figured out it was totally uncool
to eat the welfare lunch provided by the school.
So in poseur punker fashion we just mooched off all the kids,
and lived by eating candy bars and bags of nacho chips."

Mac the Janitor · #22 04-16-2004, 07:19 PM

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One point I'd like to... point out. The one thing you got wrong was that the Midget Pirates were going to the Sandwich Isles, to pillage the giant Ham Farm. But I'll give you that one.

Ahh, I misunderstood the question. I thought you were referring to the main chorus, which states they were "pillaging the pillagers". My bad.

Man, looks like we officially killed this thread.

TheRaisin · #23 04-17-2004, 11:42 AM

Hm, I guess we did. Sorry Rex, sorry folks. Please continue.

VaniLLaKiLLah · #24 04-24-2004, 12:22 PM

that's my computer, look:

.:VaniLLaKiLLah:.

Mac the Janitor · #25 04-24-2004, 03:04 PM

Whoa...awesome.

Did you just do it with a pen?

And why is Santa grabbing his bum?

Sekto Springs · #26 04-24-2004, 03:12 PM

Hey, on her computer...It's my name!

and ferill's...whoop dee doo

Mac the Janitor · #27 04-24-2004, 03:49 PM

Here's a menu for the games section of my site that I grew rather fond of but discarded in the end:

And here's the back of a mix CD cover I designed for a friend:

And the cover of my Great Expectations essay about Pip's psychological makeup. The face in the picture is a "modified" version of my 7th grade I.D. pic.

Okay, I'm done now.

VaniLLaKiLLah · #28 04-24-2004, 08:14 PM

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Did you just do it with a pen?

And why is Santa grabbing his bum?

I did it with a waterproof black pen.
actually my dad wanted to sell my computer, but i wanted to keep it, so i painted it.

Santa isn't grabbing his bum. He's just holding his hands on it somehow.
It's a biro my mom gave me.
I think I'll post a closer photo of it.

.:VaniLLaKiLLah:.

Majic · #29 04-24-2004, 10:41 PM

Vanilla, kick ass computer.

Mac, I wish I had your graphics talent

EDIT: I somehow managed to miss capitalizing both eyes. Eh... my focus is pretty shot at 4 am. I think I should be off to bed soon.

TheRaisin · #30 04-28-2004, 01:50 PM

Bohemian Rhapsody! That song rocks! Oh yeah, good work, Mac and Killah. BTW Killah, wherever did you get that avatar? Did j00 dr4wz it j00rself w1t j00r m4d L33T sk33lz?!?!?! Didja? Didja, huh? It be coo.